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Teen arrested for alleged threats targeting black, minority students at a Charlottesville school
Charlottesville City Schools shuts down all schools for two days in a row due to the threat.
City police are working to find the source of a threatening online post directed at Charlottesville High School.
City police are working to find the source of a threatening online post directed at Charlottesville High School.WVIR
March 22, 2019, 10:06 AM EDT / Updated March 22, 2019, 1:52 PM EDT
By Minyvonne Burke
A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday for allegedly making online threats against black and Hispanic students at a high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, police said.
The arrest came after the Charlottesville City Schools said it would be closing all of its public schools for the second day in a row Friday as police investigated the message.
The district also closed schools Thursday after a message was posted on the fringe internet message board 4chan targeting minority students at Charlottesville High School and telling white students to stay home.
Arrest made in alleged threats targeting minority students at Charlottesville school
MARCH 23, 201901:38
Charlottesville Chief of Police RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday afternoon that the teen, who was not named, identifies as Portuguese and is a resident of Albemarle County.
Authorities said during their investigation into the threat, which referred to the "ethnic cleansing" of black and Hispanic high schools students, they learned who posted the message on 4chan and executed a search warrant for the teen's arrest.
He faces a felony charge of threats to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property and a misdemeanor charge of harassment by computer.
“We want the community to know that any threats made against our schools, credible or not, are taken seriously and will be thoroughly investigated,” Brackney said. “We want the community and world to know that hate is not welcomed in Charlottesville; violence is not welcomed in Charlottesville; intolerance is not welcomed in Charlottesville."
Dr. Rosa Atkins, superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools, said the teen is not a student in their district. She said schools will re-open on Monday.
In a statement on Facebook, the district said it wanted to condemn "the fact that this threat was racially charged."
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